Image and text provided by University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC

THE MANNIEntered at the Postoffice at MaAppelt & ShotPublished EveSubscription Rates $2.(MANNING, S. C., WEDITE PASSING OF IBLN[WSPAP[R "SCOOP"The Old Days of The Exclusive 'Story'Slowly But Surely Going.(By Charles H. Zuber)While the quest for news on thepart. of the daily press is as keenand probably more so-in the presentda yas it was at any time in the past,there is no longer the frequent production or creation of the newspaper"scoop"-as it was called in the West-or "beat," which was its eastern designation-that marked the progressive and insistent journalism of thatperiod preceding the beginning of thepresent century. Of course, therearise occasions when one newspaperin a city will publish a good "story"that its rivals fail to obtain except asa "rewrite,"; but on the whole, thenewspaper field today, like all otherindustries and crafts, is so well standardized that the opportunities for putting a "scoop" over on the other fellow are decidedly remote.Police cases, court proceedings,hotel news, financial affairs-in factall the big sources of daily newsnow pre handled in such a way attheir respective places of origin thatthere is little or no prospect of onenewspaper getting an advantage overanother. But it was not always so.In the old days there were advantagesof various kinds enjoyed by individualnewspapers or reporters that provedpsolific fields for "scoops." In thosedays the newspaper or newspaperswhich had political affiliation with acity, county or state administrationwere always favored when a big story"broke," this preference extending topolice departments county court affairs and state news developments.Trickery Ofttimes lesorted toNor was trickery excluded from thecategory of the news gatherers ofthose (lays. One of the commonmethods of getting a "scoop" was tosecure petitions field in suits whichpromised something sensational andthen concealing the papers from theother reporters until the "story" wason the streets exclusively in one paper. Another common method of "putting one over" was to secure a liveitem from some individual, who desired to reach all the newspapers withhis story, on the promise that the reporter receiving the statement give itto the reporters. The promise alwayswas made, but sometimes "forgotten,"with the result that the reporters towhonm the item was originally toldscored a "scoop," while the man withwhom the story originated was "inbad" with the other reporters, whowouhl not believe that he had requested its general dissemination. Officials, police characters, business menlawyers and others toadied to newspapers either as a matter of protection or to curry favor for future consideration, and in this way many a"scoop" was registered.But under existing conditions, whenthe thirst for rublicity and the fearof .Journalistic enmity is in the heartof every man who may become theguardian or source of a real newsitem,- and with the various publicagencies where news originates making known all their operations the advents of "scoops" are few and~ faribetween. To what an extent this dlissemination of ''big news" has becomegeneral instead of exclusive, is illustratedl in an incidlent in a M iddle Westcity, where two newsboys wer'1e selling rival evening papers. One of thenewsies wvas shouting aloud the "sensatioIn" which his paper carried. Theother vendor, standling close to theboy who was conducting the journalist ic ballyhoo, waited until prospeetive buyers came with in a f'ew feetof him and his rival, when he wouldremark, in an ord inary tonie of voice,"'I've got it in the Times,'' meaningthat he had the samie item in the paper he wvas selling, with tihe resultthat, as his palper was the more pop..ular of the two, he sold more thanthe chap who was drumming up thetradIe by his noisy shouting.And the IRival Gets the StorrA uniiqule ''s(oop" is that of' which.old newV.spaper~ men of a certain cityDickson DIS WE~AK, SICK, NEltVIt lk Now i'o0ih)le foll You to Come to. age o, Nuxatled Iron, lUse It for TITime Youi have Not 1te'ceivedThan 'You Expect, Stim ply I.IDickson lDrug Store, and I. ' 'You Bhack VManning people may welt ask how w<"Satisfaction or Money B~ae!v offer.over the country sho3w that an amainiron in their blood. At a recent confermerly physician of Bellevue HlospitalandJ the Westchester County I Iospital,comes weak, thin, pale and watery.Iens their vital organs as to lem'l thematomach trouble, kidney disease, nerveallment. I have had p~eople Come to acause they often had pains and palpitfaintness or spots before the eyes. Inmeat iron was suppliedl, all of these soffor because Genuine Nuxated Iron c<in your blood. So many peole arebenefited by this remarkable remedly, tIto Dickson Dr'ug Store andl get your beweeks, and~ note the improvement in yendurance. If you are not more thanhack the wrapner and we will promptlyNG TIMESnning as Second-Class Matter.e, Proprietors.ry Wednesday10 per year in Advance'ESDAY, JUNE 14, 1922in Ohio still speak with a decidedchuckle. It seems that the cashier ofa bank in a suburban city had beencutting quite a swath in racing andshady society circles. The rumor became current that he was short in hisaccounts, and on a certain Saturdaynight one of the large dailies in thebig-town received a strong "tip" fromone of the cashier's "flames" that hehad left town-also v large hole inthe bank's exchequer. The newspaper tried to secure corroboration of thestory from the bank officials, but, ofcotgrse, they denied it. A reporterthen was sent to the home of the accused man's brother for verificationof the rumor. The brother flatlybranded the yarn as a fake. The reporter insisted that his paper had thefacts and would publish them. Thebrother countered with the threatthat if the story was published thenewspaper would have on its handsthe largest libel suit ever filed in thatsection. After further verbal sparring, the brother repeated his threatof a libel, while the last words of thereporter were to the effect that hispaper, having the "goods," would runthe story just the same. However,after the reporter returned to his office and talked matters over with hischief, it was decided that there werenot enough facts to justify the risk,so the story was temporarily shelved.In the meantime the brother of thecahsier, taking seriously the threatof the reporter that his paper wouldrun the ,story, bethought himself of afriend on a rival sheet who would beseriously embarrassed if this story"broke" on his route and he failed toget it. So he summoned his friend,gave hi mall the details of the defalcation, which amounted to nearly$200,000, threw in all the racing andwhite-light effects-in fact, furnishedall the materials fore one of the biggest sensations this particular sectionhad ever seen. The next morningSunday-the newspaper which had theoriginal tip on the looting of the bankcame out without a line about the affair, while the paper that had had noinkling of it until the threat of therival reporter caused the brother ofthe cashier to act, had the details ofthe defalcation spread all over itsfront page.Another queer angle of a "scoop"developed in a certain city where theproprietor of a newspaper and another citizen advanced $250,600 to saveone of the city's most cherished institutions. The newspaper proprietorfailed to notify his editor of the matter, and the first the chief knew of itwas when the editor of a rival evening paper telephoned him, just beforemaking an edition, that he had nothad time to make a real spread on theitem, and that, if the other editor waswilling, they would both hold thestory for the second edition, to do itjustice. The editor of the paper owned by the philanthropist pretended tomake a concession by holding off, thensent his best men scurrying around tothe proprietor to get the details ofthe gift in time for the next edition.Hle just managed to obtain the factsin time, thus saving himself and theproprietor the keenest humiliation. Itis reported, however, that some yearslater this same proprietor allowed hisown paper to be "scooped" in a realestate decal involving several mill iondollars and in which he was the primeWithin the last 20 years there haveeen three "scoops" of an internationalcharacter presented to thle Americanpeople, none of which brought' creditto the niewsp~aper ly olishing them.One of themi was the heralding of theden ato President McKinley. F'ollowing the attack upon him by theassassin Czolgoz at the Pan-AmericanExposition at, Buffalo, McKinley hoveve ween life and death, wvhile ananxious world prayed and waitedl forthe Divine verdiet. Then one eveningthe newvspapers servedl by a certainpress association sudd~enly burst forthwith extra editions, announcing thedecath of the innrty red President, wvithall the touchinag and s9orrowful dletailsof the last summons. For a briefperiod the whole country was rent, bygrief over the report. And then camethe extra edlitioIns of the new"spapersof the rival press aissociation with thestory that Mc Kinley still was alive,rug Store(NY P'ElISON iN MANNING~ WHiOOUlS O11 RUIN-D)OWN.This Store, Buy a IRegular $1.10 Packwo Weeks, and If at End of ThatUIl, and Ever Greater Benefitsring the Wrapper Back tole Will Cheerfully Ihandour Money.can alfordI to, make this remarkableled ical examinations by physicians allnumber of people lack 100 per centence, Dr. James Francis Sullivan, for(Out Door D~epartment), Newv York,said, "Without iron, the blood ben many people this so seriously weakto believe that they have heart orForce exhaustion or some other seriousoe thinking they had heart trouble, heation of the heart, sudden dizziness,a great nmany of these cases, the momniltoms dlisappea redl." We make thismtains true organic iron like the irondeficient in iron who wvouIld surely beant we recommend that you come right>ttle of Nuxated Iron. Use it for twoour own case in strength, energy and~surprisedl at the results, just bringBoy WantedSomewhere in this town is one boywho is a "go-getter" spirit, full ofgrit and ambition, and absolutelyhonest. We want that boy. Hewill be the only 'boy agent in thistown for the famous MOVIEWEEKLY ..MAGAZINE. He willwork after school and other sparetime. His pay will be what hemakes it; besides fine prizes andfree Movie Tickets. When hemakes good, he will be promoted.If you are between 14 and 19 yearsold, determined to "make good"and truly think you are the boy forthis job, then apply by letter toMr. E. L. Gilbert, "Personal," 3rdfloor, 119 West 40th Street, NewYork City. Give full details ofany past selling experience; yourage; parent's full name and business; your school grade and atleast two references.and that hope was held out for hisrecovery. The newspapers which carried the story of his death were deeply humiliated and offered excuses andapologies for their error. But it wasa long time before the false reportwas forgotten by- the public, eventhough McKinley's death followedwithin a short time after the journalistic faux pas.Pope's Death Prematurely ReportedSome years later a similar blunderwas made by another press association in connection with the late Pope 1Leo. The eminent prelate had been illfor a long time, and his death wasdaily, almost momentarily, expected.So when the newspapers served by acertain press association came outwith extra editions, announcing thedeath of His Holiness, the Catholicclergy everywhere ordered bells tolled, prayers said and other devoutmanifestations over the passing of it,_at churchman. Then came the report to the rival newspapers that thePope was still alive, this being followed by a reaction against the newspapers that had carried accounts ofhis death which required many monthsto eradicate. The fact that the Popedied within i shore time did not mitigate the sentiment against the newspapers which he., mistakenly chronicled- his passin-g on.Carrying pe:.iaps a greater shockthan that of either of the two "scoops'above set forth, was that which followed the first announcement of thealleged signing of an armistice inconnection with the recent WorldWar. The people of the Allied nations, and particularly of America{s we can best judge-were heartsickover the awful carnage that was being waged by the contending armies:ibroad, and evcry little suggestion:arryimg with it the prospects of an:arly cessation of hostilities causedthe wildest joy, ndt only among thosewvho had sons, brothers, fathers and:ther relatives at the front, butAmong patriotic citizens generally.Then suddenly out of Brest came thestory, credited to Admiral Wilton,that an armistice had been signed between the Allies and Germany, andbi.at the war was actually over. ThisStory was carried as a "scoop" by theaewspapers served by one press assoination. Those who depended uponthe news of a rival organization (lidlot commit the blunder of accepting:e original report as true, evena1ough spontaneous celebrations werenaugurated in hundreds of placesmd hosannas of joy over the coming,>f peace were flung on high through>ut the land. There came denialsfrom Washington, from London andFrom Paris that an armistice had been;igned; and from a feeling of thehighest jubilation, inspired by the unsuthentic report of a cessation ofrighting, the nation was plunged intoperhaps a deeper gloom than existedbeifore the news of the alleged armis-'Lice was sent out. The reactionagainst the newspapers which pubished this story was extremely severe,andl was not tempered for a long timeb~y the fact that the armistice reallywas signed a week or so Inter.A case where pure chance played apart in a "scoop" in connection with amurder case occurred about 15 yearsigo. Two dental students had beenarested for the murder and dlecapitation of a girl of their acquaintance.Professional CardsJNO. G. DINKINSAttorney-at-LawMANNING, S. C.DuRANT & ELLERBEA ttorneys-at- LawMANNING, S. C.R. 0. Purdy S. Oliver O'BryanPURDY & O'BRYANAttorneys and Counselors at LawMA NNING. S. C.FRED LESESNEAttorney-at--LawMANNING, S. C.J. W. WIDEMANA ttqoney-at-LawMANNING, S. C.Hi. C. CURTIS'Attorney-at-LawMANNING, S. C.J. A. Weinberg Taylor H. StukesWEINBERG & STUKESAttorneys-at-LawMANNING, S..C. ~New Committee !Z {jK"1. .t IControversy over the Musclespecta cdommittee which will consid<Photograph taken in the Miiin its(left to right) of J W \)(hkf EnQincer, Conigressinan WVM iler of Wahingpin. Chief Clerkman Cra.go, of Pennsylvania.The head of the yictim was never recovered, and the evidence against thetwo men was purely circumstantial.Either probably could have savedhimself by turning state's evidence,but both held their peace. After theyhad been convicted, an appeal wastaken by their attorneys. The arguments for a new trial were to be heardat the state capital, and thither attorneys and reporters went. Becauseof the particular brutality of thecrime, the case had attracted nationwide attention, so that the matter ofa new trial was a national, ratherthan a local affair. In wnderingthrough the state capitol,, where thecourt which was to hear the appealwas in session the two representatives of one o/ the dailies of the cityin which the origiani trial was held,were accosted by an attache of thestate house, who informed them that,for a consideration, he would placethem at a ventilator over the courtroom where the hearing was to beheld behind closed doors, and wherethey could see and hear everythingthat transpired. The bargain was immediately made, plans were workedout by which one of the reporters,provided with a black flag and a whiteone, was to station himself at theopening in the ceiling, while the otherwas to wait a block away, in plainview of a window of thte room inwhich the ventilator was located. Ifa newtrial was granted, the watchingreporter was to wave the white flag;if a new trial was. denied, the blackflag was to be shown. The reporter onthe outside was to rush to the telegraph office immediptely after receiving the signal and flash the wordMoney 6 perFAlWe operate under tUon farm land for 33 yearsand at the end of 33 yeathe entire debt. You do:pation have to be farmii000.00. You do not haveany association. The totfurther information apjCounty.DuR2Money 6 ertudies ord's MuirShoals offer made by Henry Nord hasr the offer.tary- Affairs Connnittee Room in the C.'ortlhington. WVashington representativeright of Georgia, Congressman Morinof the Sessincis (standing), Congressm"White" or "Black" into his home office. The scheme worked perfectly.The black flag was displayed; the fatal word flashed to the newspaper office, and the resourceful and lucky reporters had the satisfaction of knowing on their return home that theirlittle strategy had beaten their rivalby nearly an hour in getting thestory of the confirming of the deathsentence on the streets.This "Scoop" Brought No BoastIt was in connection with this samecase that the successful newspaperreferred to registered a "scoop" ofwhich it never boasted. One of theaccused men hailed from a city about60 miles from where the crime wascommitted, and-there promised to bea .wild race with papers to this citywith the details of the execution onthe day set for the hanging. The editor of the paper in question decidedto be there first, so he secured all thedetails of the arrangemhents for theexecution in advance and had an extra edition printed and dispatched tothe town the night before, with instructions that they be placed on thestreets at a certain time, based on thehour of the execution. Unfortunatelythe execution was delayed for twohours after the original time set forthe hanging, with the result that afull and detailed report of the doubleexecution was on the streets of thecity 60 miles away fully an hour before it actually took place.It may seem to be crowding the record of Ananias a bit to say that itis possible for one newspaper to"scoop" another on the account of abig-league base-ball game, played according to schedule and in the present Mol'M MORTGAlas Joint Stete Federal Farm Loan Act ai at 6 per cent. interest. Yours this pays up interest andniot have to live on the land nig. The maximum loan is $fto subscribe to any stock inat cost of obtaining these loa>ly to exclusive representatiaINT & ELLEManning, S. C.eent Monle Shost Offerresulted in the creation of a new.ipatol shows the commi>ttee whichfor ford, W. B. Mayo. F'crd'sof i'ennsylvanir, Congressunan Fisher of Tennessee, and Conefice of thousands of spectators. Yetthis actually happened less than 20years ago. It was during the telegraphers' strike that a team founditself in a series of games with theNew Yorks on the Polo Grounds. Immediately on arriving in New York.the traveling correspondents of thetwo evening newspapers who were ad-&companying the team, tired to securewires from the ball park to their respective New York offices, from whichthey had private lines Nito their ownhome office. The effort was futile.Not only the foreign newspapers, butthose of New York, also, were cut offfrom telegraph service to the ballpark. One of the correspondentsgave up in disgust. The other hustledout to the Polo Grounds, found a telephone in a blacksmith's shop oppositethe bail park and rented it for theafternoon. He then secured the ser- *vices of a cub reporter to manipulatethe telephone, at the -other end ofwhich was the New York correspondent of the out-of-town paper. Relaysof messenger boys were hired to carrythe written results of the game byhalf innings' fro mthe ball park to thetelephone, where the reports weretransmitted to the correspondentdown-town, and immediately relayedto the home town. ..That evening thenewspaper with the persistent correspondent had a full account of thegame on the streets 10 minutes afterthe game was over, while the - rivalsheet was perfectly blank as far asthe account of the game was concern- -ed.-The Dearborn Independent.Subscribe to The Timesey 6 per centESnid can lend you moneypay 7 per cent, per year.principal and dischargesor does your chief occui0,000.00 instead of $10,the Bank or belong tons is very small. Forres f or Cl a r en don'RBE,iev 6 per cent